<p>I just took the SSAT today, and I'm a little worried - it was a little more difficult than I expected. :(
I skipped several vocabulary/analogy questions (maybe 7?) and I am pretty sure I got at least 3-4 wrong on the math section and maybe 3-4 wrong on the reading comprehension section. Eek! Will I get below a 90%?</p>
<p>*The essay was okay, I only had one example though...that's okay right? I talked some other people during breaks and they said they only had one example too...</p>
<p>What schools are you applying too?</p>
<p>I'm applying to one. (Greenhills School, local prep, Ann Arbor, Mich.)</p>
<p>Groton, Exeter, Hotchkiss, Choate, Andover</p>
<p>I feel the same way. I had to take it with a fever as well. I am quite worried. :D
Like I predicted, I had to improvise the whole test based upon previous knowledge. I skipped about three or four on the vocabulary. I did well on the reading, and I have no idea about my math. I just hope the overall is good. </p>
<p>I had two examples for the essay, although I don't think one of them actually counts. XD
I am applying to Deefield, Exeter, Andover, and Hotchkiss.</p>
<p>what a coincidence! i had to take it with a fever too - weird. im really worried..</p>
<p>I had a fever yesterday, too, but I didn't take the SSAT. I was supposed to, though, but I signed up for the December date instead. lol</p>
<p>I'm probably going to sign up for the January test.</p>
<p>Don't stress out too much about the essay. It isn't graded, anyway. Besides, there isn't a formula that determines how good an piece of writing is (i.e. the most examples, the longer it is, the better it is). It is determined by the qualitiy of the writing itself. If you used a good, strong example, developed it well, and incorporated into the essay smoothly, then it would be much better than someone who jammed in three or four but had then make no sense or be awkward in the essay. I missed something too, though; I finished early and checked over it, even, but I realized just as they called time that I had no concision, where you state the other person's point of view and why it's wrong. But remember, they know that you only had twenty-five minutes and some people do not write well under time pressure.
I'm worried about the rest of the test too. I expected the verbal to be hard, and it was. I omitted one, and had to guess on about four or five that after eliminating three of the answers. The mathematics and reading sections I found pretty easy, though; I didn't have any problems with the maths and I had only two or three troublesome problems in the reading (I didn't omitt any). Keep fingers crossed . . .
I'm applying to Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, St. Paul's, St. Mark's, Thacher, Milton, Concord, and Groton.</p>
<p>good luck to prettyckitty! and to everyone elseee</p>
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<p>Those are a lot of schools. Did you visit all of them?</p>
<p>I couldn't image applying to nine schools. So much paperwork...</p>
<p>If you don't score well..........retake</p>
<p>Do any of those schools use the common application?</p>
<p>I've only visited (and had interviews at) Andover, Milton, and Concord. I will visit the other eventually, but not until spring, after acceptances are mailed, though I'm going to the East Coast over Christmas, so hopefully I'll get to visit a bit then. I know . . . the paperwork is awful, and it's not actually nine, it's eleven, because I'm applying to three day schools (I think I might not apply to Thacher now). I just spend three straight hours sorting all of the applications and addressing the envolopes, but now I'm done. None of them allow common personal statements, but I've emailed a lot of them and they will now let me use common for all teacher and principal recomendations. I've finished two of the personal statements and part of a few of the others.</p>